Chris G Demetriou wrote:
> I seriously doubt, at this point, that it's going to be feasible to
> back-port the binutils changes to binutils 2.7...  If you're
> interested in testing the code, i'm sure that something can be worked
> out so that you get it as soon as it actually works properly (see the
> above definition 8-) for me, but i'm probably not going to be
> "supporting" it until the next release of binutils is out.

I'm looking for versions of gcc/ld that let me check out a design of
libc/libpthread that uses lots and lots of weak symbols (like every
syscall, any stdio function that needs locking, ...). My need for more
GOTs can wait.

Is it possible to run a hybrid system, using ELF selectively, or is
it "all or nothing"?

> > And it has weak symbols?

I meant compiler support for weak symbols (instead of the sig 11
I get using V2.7-95q4).

> 
> Well, i've been waiting for weak symbols in libc for a long, long
> time, and J.T. hasn't gotten around to doing it yet, even though he
> apparently has code which implements it and works.  I even have a
> bunch of code to do it, which i didn't check in, to keep out of his
> way.

Is there anything anyone else can do about this?

What do you need weak symbols in libc for?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours... 8-)

Regards,

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